Here's a video I took this morning at Akron's Derby Downs at the 10th Annual National Super Kids Classic, a race for children with disabilities. Six finalists are selected to compete Saturday at the 75th Annual All-American Soap Box Derby.

Whole Brain Teaching is a charismatic, high-energy teaching method to get and keep students' attention using humor, gestures and imitation. But teachers and administrators who are drawn to this approach should be wary of Whole Brain Teaching' s claim that its techniques are "validated by contemporary brain research."